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answers to poll 1. yes but needs updating 2. 10 3. not clear if you meant age or definition "when there is no brain activity" 4. no 5. not a government issue IMO 6. 9-10 Thanks for including the group's responses. We'd like to see compiled results if possible, also Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan E. Snyder" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 7:14 AM Subject: END OF LIFE ISSUES > on wednesday, i am to give a talk to our lgst. area hospice. while they > say they only want me to talk about my personal experiences w/ pd...i > have been thinking quite alot about end of life issues. couple this with > the story of Terri Schiavo, the young woman in Florida who is in the > middle of a huge legal debate over removing her feeding tube and i feel > that it might be time to face some unsavory issues. would you be so kind > as to help me in an unscientific poll? names will be kept completely > anonomous. > 1) do you have a living will? > 2) on a scale of 1-10 (10 bbeing very important), how important do you > consider having a living will to be?? > 3) when do you consider to be the natural end of life?? > 4) would you like to be kept alive by feeding tubes and breathing tubes? > 5) what is the governments role in this issue (Gov. Jeb Bush ordered her > feeding tube re-inserted)??? > 6) on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being very religious/spiritual), how > religious/ spiritual > do you consider yourslef to be? > > -- > Joan E. Blessington Snyder 51/13 > http://www.pwnkle.com/jes/jes_web/index.htm > <[log in to unmask]> > "Hang tough...........no way through it but to do it." > Chris-in-the-Morning (Northern Exposure) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn